jQuery Simulate Extended Plugin 1.1.4

The simulate extended plugin provides methods for simulating complex user interactions based on the jQuery.simulate.js plugin from jQuery UI. The plugin provides simulation of:

• Drag & Drop
• Key Sequences
• Key Combinations

Additionally, the extended plugin includes documentation and fixes for the jQuery simulate plugin itself.

Table of Contents

• Usage
  • Example
  • Demos
• Documentation
• Requirements
• Compatibility
• Licensing

Usage

To use the jQuery simulate extended plugins, include jquery.simulate.js, jquery.simulate.ext.js and then the desired plugins (in that order).

The simulations are executed by calling the .simulate() function on a jQuery object. The simulation is then executed on all elements in the collection of the jQuery object (unless otherwise noted).

• Synopsis: .simulate(type, options)
• Parameters:
  • type {String}: The type of the interaction to be simulated.
  • options {Object}: An option object containing the options for the action to be simulated.

The types of simulated actions are:

• From the simulate plugin:
  • Mouse Events: "mousemove", "mousedown", "mouseup", "click", dblclick", "mouseover", "mouseout", "mouseenter", "mouseleave", "contextmenu"
  • Key Events: "keydown", "keyup", "keypress"
  • "focus"
  • "blur"
• From the simulate-ext plugins:
  • Drag & Drop: "drag-n-drop", "drag", "drop"
  • "key-sequence"
  • "key-combo"

Example:

$('input[name="testInput"]').simulate("key-sequence", {sequence: "asdf"});

Demos:

The demos folder contains a demonstration of most of the features of the simulate extended plugins.

Live demos can be found at jsFiddle and JS Bin where you can also play around with the plugin:

• http://jsfiddle.net/Ignitor/Psjhf/embedded/result/ (jsFiddle)
• http://jsbin.com/inalax/25/edit#live (JS Bin)

Documentation

The options and events for the different interactions are described in the files in the doc folder:

• Mouse Events
• Key Events
• Focus/Blur
• Drag & Drop
• Key Sequence
• Key Combination

Requirements

The plugin requires

• jQuery 1.7.0+
• jQuery Simulate
• bililiteRange for the key-sequence and key-combo plugins

Compatibility

The plugins have been successfully tested with jQuery 1.7.2 and jQuery Simulate @485ca7192a. However, they should be compatible with future versions.

Licensing

Copyright © 2012 Jochen Ulrich https://github.com/j-ulrich/jquery-simulate-ext

Licensed under the MIT license.